Robots are taking over the dirty work of sorting through our trash and turning it into valuable resources. And not just any robots, but smart robots that use artificial intelligence (AI) to identify ...

If you throw a plastic water bottle or yogurt cup in a recycling bin, it might not necessarily be recycled. Inside sprawling warehouses that the industry calls “MRFs” or materials recovery facilities, ...

Sustainability: News about the rapidly growing climate tech sector and other areas of innovation to protect our planet. SEE MORE by Lisa Stiffler on May 5, 2025 at 7:00 am May 5, 2025 at 8:07 am The ...

E-waste has become a global problem. Unfortunately, the majority of discarded used technology, known as e-waste, is dumped or processed in unsafe conditions. Around 78% of electronic products aren’t ...

ZenRobotics, a Terex brand, has introduced ZenRobotics 4.0, its fourth generation of waste sorting robots with new features and upgraded artificial intelligence (AI) to optimize and improve the ...

Last week, TechCrunch paid a visit to Apple’s Austin, Texas, manufacturing facilities. Since 2013, the company has built its Mac Pro desktop about 20 minutes north of downtown. The 400,000-square-foot ...